Likableness

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The property of being likable, that which makes likable. uncountable, usually

    "He leered at her after seeing her pass for a week or so, because she blushed and looked ‘green.’ She had never cared about a man, and this Irishman assumed all the virtues and likablenesses of her mind’s Sir Galahad after he had spoken to her a few times."

Example

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"He leered at her after seeing her pass for a week or so, because she blushed and looked ‘green.’ She had never cared about a man, and this Irishman assumed all the virtues and likablenesses of her mind’s Sir Galahad after he had spoken to her a few times."

Etymology

From likable + -ness.

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